Deficiency of drinking water in Atyrau can reach 40%

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Atyrau. information agency "Kazinform" - Deficiency of drinking water in the next years in Atyrau and the Makatsky area of the region can reach 40%, the correspondent of International information company "Kazinform" reports. "Now 70% of the population Atyrau Region receive drinking water from Ural River. It is the regional center and three areas with total of inhabitants of 468 thousand people. Another 24% of the population (three areas – 162 thousand inhabitants) receive water from the main conduit Astrakhan – Mangyshlak. 6% of the population of area are 38 thousand people, receive water from underground sources. However it is necessary to consider that in Atyrau and the Makatsky area...